SBS & ABC iView has no file extension assigned on completion, Youtube works fine (.mkv/.mp4)

[ghost]

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Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2018.08.04. If it's not, read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

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Add the -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with (youtube-dl -v <your command line>), copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

youtube-dl -v "https://iview.abc.net.au/show/peep-show/series/2/video/ZY8919A005S00"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: [u'-o', u'~/Desktop/%(title)s']
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://iview.abc.net.au/show/peep-show/series/2/video/ZY8919A005S00']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.08.04
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 (CPython) - Darwin-17.7.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-91528-ged647ab79f-tessus, ffprobe N-91528-ged647ab79f-tessus
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Using fake IP (AU) as X-Forwarded-For.
[abc.net.au:iview] ZY8919A005S00: Downloading JSON metadata
[abc.net.au:iview] ZY8919A005S00: Downloading webpage
[abc.net.au:iview] ZY8919A005S00: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'http://iviewhls-

[dstftw]

You're getting exactly what requested:

'-o', u'~/Desktop/%(title)s'

[ghost]

Thanks mate, I’ll change it. I thought I was doing something wrong. Thanks for replying so quick.